Giant Eagle
Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO
| Employer | Giant Eagle | Report ID | 20201010143 |
| Address | 5300 Richmond Rd. | City, State ZIP | BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO 44146 |
| Event Date | October 25, 2020 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Body Part | Leg(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway | Source of Injury | Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered |
| Industry (NAICS) | 445110 | Inspection # | 1500518 |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.41000, -81.50000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was backing a stand-up fork truck out of trailer into the warehouse and struck the bumper of the loading dock at the outside edge of the dock plate. He fell off the fork truck onto the concrete floor in the dock area. The employee was hospitalized for a leg injury that required surgery.
Incident Summary
On October 25, 2020, a worker at Giant Eagle in BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway, with forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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